NOTES
TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE PERIOD MARCH 1, 2021 (INCEPTION) TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
(Unaudited)
NOTE
1 – NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
WinVest
Acquisition Corp. (“WinVest,” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on March 1, 2021. The
Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or
similar business combination (“initial business combination”) with one or more businesses or entities. The Company has selected
December 31 as its fiscal year end.
Throughout
this report, the terms “our,” “we,” “us,” and the “Company” refer to WinVest Acquisition
Corp.
As
of September 30, 2021, the Company had not commenced core operations. All activity for the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through
September 30, 2021 relates to the Company’s formation and raising funds through the initial public offering (“Initial Public
Offering”), which is described below. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of an initial
business combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds
derived from the Initial Public Offering.
The
registration statement pursuant to which the Company registered its securities offered in the Initial Public Offering was declared effective
on September 14, 2021. On September 17, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 10,000,000 units (the “Units”).
Each Unit consists of one share of common stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), one redeemable
warrant (the “Public Warrants”), with each Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one-half (1/2) of one
share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustment and one right (the “Rights”),
with each Right entitling the holder thereof to receive one-fifteenth (1/15) of one share of Common Stock upon the consummation by the
Company of an initial business combination. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of
$100,000,000 (before underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses).
Simultaneously
with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the issuance and sale of the Units, the Company completed the private sale of
10,000,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $0.50 per Private Placement Warrant to the Sponsor,
generating gross proceeds of $5,000,000 (such sale, the “Private Placement”).
Each
Private Placement Warrant entitles the holders to purchase one-half of one share of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per whole share,
subject to adjustment. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants.
On
September 23, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option and purchased an additional 1,500,000 Units (the “Over-Allotment
Units”), generating gross proceeds of $15,000,000 on September 27, 2021. Simultaneously with the sale of Over-Allotment Units,
the Company consummated a private sale of an additional 900,000 Private Placement Warrants (the “Additional Private Placement Warrants”)
to the Sponsor at a purchase price of $0.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $450,000. As of September 27,
2021, a total of $116,150,000 of the net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants and
the Additional Private Placement Warrants were deposited in a Trust Account (as defined below) established for the benefit of the Company’s
public stockholders.
Following
the closing of the Initial Public Offering on September 17, 2021, and the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option
in full on September 23, 2021, an aggregate amount of $116,150,000 from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement
Warrants was placed in a trust account in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee
(the “Trust Account”). The funds held in the Trust Account will be invested only in United States “government securities”
within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) having
a maturity of 185 days or less, or in money market funds meeting the applicable conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment
Company Act and that invest solely in U.S. treasuries, so that we are not deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company
Act. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to us to pay our income or other
tax obligations, the proceeds will not be released from the Trust Account until the earlier of the completion of our initial business
combination or our redemption of 100% of the outstanding public shares if we have not completed an initial business combination
in the required time period. Any amounts not paid as consideration to the sellers of the target business may be used to finance operations
of the target business.
No
compensation of any kind (including finders’, consulting or other similar fees) will be paid to any of our existing officers, directors,
stockholders, or any of their affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of the initial
business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, such individuals will receive reimbursement for
any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activities on our behalf, such as identifying potential target businesses,
performing business due diligence on suitable target businesses and business combinations as well as traveling to and from the offices,
plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses to examine their operations. Since the role of present management after
our initial business combination is uncertain, we have no ability to determine what remuneration, if any, will be paid to those persons
after our initial business combination.
Management
intends to use the excess working capital available for miscellaneous
expenses such as paying fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business and for director and officer liability
insurance premiums, with the balance being held in reserve in the event due diligence, legal, accounting and other expenses of structuring
and negotiating business combinations exceed our estimates, as well as for reimbursement of any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by our
insiders, officers and directors in connection with activities on our behalf as described below.
The
allocation of the net proceeds available to us outside of the Trust Account, along with the interest earned on the funds held in the
Trust Account available to us to pay our income and other tax liabilities, represents our best estimate of the intended uses of these
funds. In the event that our assumptions prove to be inaccurate, we may reallocate some of such proceeds within the above-described categories.
If our estimate of the costs of undertaking due diligence and negotiating our initial business combination is less than the actual amount
necessary to do so, or the amount of interest available to us from the Trust Account is insufficient as a result of the current low interest
rate environment, we may be required to raise additional capital, the amount, availability and cost of which is currently unascertainable.
In this event, we could seek such additional capital through loans or additional investments from our Sponsor or third parties, Our Sponsor
and/or founding stockholders may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. Such loans would be evidenced by promissory
notes that would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, or, at such lender’s discretion. However,
our Sponsor and/or founding stockholders are under no obligation to loan us any funds or invest in us. If we are unable to obtain the
necessary funds, we may be forced to cease searching for a target business and liquidate without completing our initial business combination.
We
will likely use substantially all of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, the Private Placement and the sale of the Additional
Private Placement Warrants, including the funds held in the Trust Account, in connection with our initial business combination and to
pay our expenses relating thereto, including the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions payable to the underwriters in an amount
equal to 3.5% of the total gross proceeds raised in the offering upon consummation of our initial business combination. To the extent
that our capital stock is used in whole or in part as consideration to effect our initial business combination, the proceeds held in
the Trust Account which are not used to consummate an initial business combination will be disbursed to the combined company and
will, along with any other net proceeds not expended, be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business. Such
working capital funds could be used in a variety of ways including continuing or expanding the target business’ operations, for
strategic acquisitions.
We
will have until 15 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering to consummate our initial business combination. However,
if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within 15 months, we may, by resolution of
our board of directors if requested by WinVest SPAC LLC, extend the period of time to consummate an initial business
combination up to two times, each by an additional three months (for a total of up to 21 months to complete an initial
business combination), subject to the deposit of additional funds into the Trust Account by our Sponsor or its affiliates or
designees as set out below. Our stockholders will not be entitled to vote or redeem their shares in connection with any such
extension. Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, in order for the time available for us to
consummate our initial business combination to be extended, our Sponsor or its affiliates or designees, upon five days’
advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the Trust Account $1,150,000 ($0.10 per unit, up to an aggregate of $2,300,000), on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline, for each three
month extension. Any such payments would be made in the form of a non-interest bearing loan and would be repaid, if at all, from
funds released to us upon completion of our initial business combination. In the event that we receive notice from our Sponsor five
days prior to the applicable deadline of its wish for us to effect an extension, we intend to issue a press release announcing such
intention at least three days prior to the applicable deadline. In addition, we intend to issue a press release the day after the
applicable deadline announcing whether or not the funds had been timely deposited. Our Sponsor is not obligated to fund the Trust
Account to extend the time for us to complete our initial business combination. If we are unable to consummate an initial business
combination within such time period, we will, as promptly as possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of
our outstanding public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, including a pro rata portion of any
interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay our dissolution
expenses), and then seek to dissolve and liquidate. However, we may not be able to distribute such amounts as a result of claims of
creditors which may take priority over the claims of our public stockholders. In the event of our dissolution and liquidation, the
Rights and Public Warrants will expire and will be worthless.
To
the extent we are unable to consummate an initial business combination, we will pay the costs of liquidation from our remaining
assets outside of the Trust Account. If such funds are insufficient, our Sponsor has agreed to pay the funds necessary to complete such
liquidation and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses.
COVID-19
Pandemic
In
March 2020, the World Health Organization characterized the outbreak of the novel strain of coronavirus, specifically identified as COVID-19,
as a global pandemic. This has resulted in governments enacting emergency measures to combat the spread of the virus. These measures,
which include the implementation of travel bans, self-imposed quarantine periods and social distancing, have caused material disruption
to business, resulting in a global economic slowdown. Equity markets have experienced significant volatility and weakness and the governments
and central banks have reacted with significant monetary and fiscal interventions designed to stabilize economic conditions.
The
current challenging economic climate may lead to adverse changes in cash flows, working capital levels and/or debt balances, which may
also have a direct impact on the Company’s operating results and financial position in the future. The ultimate duration and magnitude
of the impact and the efficacy of government interventions on the economy and the financial effect on the Company is not known at this
time. The extent of such impact will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and not in the Company’s control,
including new information which may emerge concerning the spread and severity of COVID-19 and actions taken to address its impact, among
others. The repercussions of this health crisis could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition,
liquidity and operating results.
In
response to COVID-19, the Company has implemented working practices to address potential impacts to its operations, employees and customers,
and will take further measures in the future if and as required. At present, we do not believe there has been any appreciable impact
on the Company specifically associated with COVID-19.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As
of September 30, 2021, the Company had $603,204 in its operating bank account and working capital of $959,137. The Company’s liquidity
needs prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering had been satisfied through proceeds from advances from related party and
from the issuance of common stock. Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the Company’s liquidity will
be satisfied through the net proceeds from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the proceeds from the purchase of warrants
by our Sponsor held outside of the Trust Account.
Based
on the foregoing, management believes that the Company will have sufficient working capital to meet its needs through the earlier of
the consummation of a Business Combination or one year from this filing. Over this time period, the Company will be using the funds held
outside of the Trust Account for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective initial Business Combination
candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business
to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.
NOTE
2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis
of Presentation
The
accompanying unaudited financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).
The accompanying unaudited
condensed financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America (“GAAP”) for financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Accordingly, they
do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed financial
statements reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments necessary for the fair statement of the balances
and results for the periods presented. Operating results for the three months ended September 30, 2021, and for the period from March
1, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2021, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected through December 31,
2021.
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be
read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Form 8-K and the final prospectus filed by
the Company with the SEC on September 23, 2021 and September 16, 2021, respectively.
Emerging
Growth Company
The
Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our
Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements
that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required
to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reduced disclosure obligations
regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding
advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. Further, Section
102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards
until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a
class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards.
The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply
to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended
transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private
companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the
new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s unaudited financial statements with another public company which
is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult
or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Making
estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of
a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating
its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ
significantly from those estimates.
Cash
and cash equivalents
The
Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.
The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of September 30, 2021.
Marketable
Securities Held in Trust Account
Following
the closing of the Initial Public Offering on September 17, 2021, and the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option
in full on September 23, 2021, an aggregate amount of $116,150,000 from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement
Warrants was placed in a trust account in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
and may be invested only in U.S. government securities with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions
under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. The Trust Account
is intended as a holding place for funds pending the earliest to occur of: (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination; (ii)
the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and
restated certificate of incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the public
shares if the Company does not complete the initial Business Combination within 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering
or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity; or (iii)
absent an initial Business Combination within 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the return of the funds held
in the Trust Account to the public stockholders as part of redemption of the public shares.
Offering
Costs
Offering
costs consist of professional fees, filing, regulatory and other costs incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related
to the Initial Public Offering. On September 17, 2021, offering costs in the aggregate of $523,969 were recognized, all of which was
allocated to the common shares, reducing the carrying amount of such shares.
The underwriters received
a cash underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $2,300,000 in the aggregate, upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering including
the overallotment, with an additional $100,000 received for expenses.
Common
Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
The
Company accounts for its common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification
(“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption is classified
as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that feature redemption
rights that is either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within
the Company’s control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’
equity. The Company’s common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s
control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, common stock subject to possible redemption is presented at
redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.
The
Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable shares to equal
the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable shares are effected
by charges against additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit.
Accounting
Treatment of Public and Private Warrants
The
Company accounts for its Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants as equity-classified instruments based on an assessment of the
warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”)
and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial
instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements
for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own common stock, among other
conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant
issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding. In that respect, the Private Placement
Warrants, as well as any warrants underlying additional units the Company issues to the Sponsor, officers, directors, initial stockholders
or their affiliates in payment of Working Capital Loans made to the Company, were identical to the warrants underlying the Units offered in the Initial Public Offering.
Accounting
Treatment for Rights
The
Company accounts for its Rights as equity-classified instruments based on an assessment of the Rights’ specific terms and applicable
authoritative guidance in ASC 480 and ASC 815. The assessment considers whether the Rights are freestanding financial instruments pursuant
to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the Rights meet all the requirements for equity classification
under ASC 815, including whether the Rights are indexed to the Company’s own common stock, among other conditions for the equity
classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgement, is conducted at the time of Rights issuance.
Each
Right may be traded separately. If the Company is unable to complete an initial business combination within the required time period
and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Rights will not receive any such funds for their Rights, and
the Rights will expire worthless. The Company has not considered the effect of Rights sold in
the Initial Public Offering and the private placement to purchase shares of common stock, since the exercise of the Rights are contingent
upon the occurrence of future events.
Income
Taxes
The
Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under ASC 740, “Income Taxes.” Deferred tax
assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement
carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured
using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered
or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included
the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be
realized.
ASC
740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions
taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be
sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits
as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of September 30,
2021. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation
from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception.
Concentration
of Credit Risk
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution,
which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $250,000.
As of September 30, 2021, the Company has not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to
significant risks on such account.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
The
fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements
and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term
nature.
Fair
Value Measurements
Fair
value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid for transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction
between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs
used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets
or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:
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1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets;
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Level
2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted
prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active;
and
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Level
3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions,
such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.
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The
following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September
30, 2021 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
SCHEDULE
OF FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT ON RECURRING BASIC
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Fair value measurements at reporting date using:
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Description
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Fair Value
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Quoted
prices in
active
markets
for
identical
liabilities
(Level 1)
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Significant
other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
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Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
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Assets:
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Marketable securities
held in Trust Account at September 30, 2021
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$
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116,150,162
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$
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116,150,162
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$
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$
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In
some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In
those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input
that is significant to the fair value measurement.
Net
Loss Per Share
Net
loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period.
Diluted earnings per share is computed similar to basic earnings per share, except the weighted average number of common shares outstanding
are increased to include additional shares from the assumed exercise of share options, if dilutive.
Shares
of common stock subject to possible redemption at September 30, 2021, which are not currently redeemable and are not redeemable at fair
value, have been excluded from the calculation of basic net loss per common share since such shares, if redeemed, only participate in
their pro rata share of the Trust Account earnings. The Company has not considered the effect of warrants and Rights sold in the Initial
Public Offering and the private placement to purchase 11,966,667 shares of common stock in the calculation of diluted loss per share,
since the exercise of the warrants and Rights are contingent upon the occurrence of future events. As a result, diluted net loss per
common share is the same as basic net loss per common share for the period presented.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
On
August 5, 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2020-06, Debt—Debt
with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic
815-40, which simplifies the accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity, including
convertible instruments and contracts on an entity’s own equity. The ASU’s amendments are effective for public business entities
that are not smaller reporting companies in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods within those fiscal years.
For all other entities, fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The guidance may
be early adopted for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently
evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance.
Management
does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would
have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
NOTE
3 – INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Pursuant
to the Initial Public Offering, on September 17, 2021, the Company sold 10,000,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit for a total of
$100,000,000, which increased to 11,500,000 Units for a total of $115,000,000 when the over-allotment option was exercised in full on
September 23, 2021. Each Unit consists of one share of common stock, one Right and one Public Warrant. Each Right entitles the holder
thereof to receive one-fifteenth (1/15) of one share of common stock upon the consummation of an initial business combination. Each redeemable
Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one half (1/2) of one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per full share, subject
to adjustment (see Note 6).
As
of September 30, 2021, the Company incurred offering costs of $2,923,969,
consisting of $2,400,000 of
underwriting commissions and expenses and $523,969
of costs related to the Initial Public Offering.
Additionally, the Company recorded deferred underwriting commissions of $4,025,000
payable only upon completion of our initial
business combination.
NOTE
4 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Sponsor
Shares
On
March 16, 2021, our sponsor, WinVest SPAC LLC (the “Sponsor”) purchased 2,875,000 shares (the “Founder Shares”)
of the Company’s common stock for an aggregate price of $25,000.
Private
Placement Warrants
Our
Sponsor purchased from us an aggregate of 10,900,000 Private Placement Warrants at a purchase price of $0.50 per warrant, or $5,450,000
in the aggregate, in a private placement that closed simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering. A portion of the
proceeds we received from the purchase equal to $3,450,000 was placed in the Trust Account so that at least $10.10 per share sold to
the public in the Initial Public Offering is held in trust.
Related
Party Advances
In
order to finance transaction costs in connection with an initial business combination, the Sponsor advanced funds to the Company totaling
$220,317. As of September 30, 2021, $0 was outstanding under such advances.
Promissory
Note – Related Party
On
March 16, 2021, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note to the Sponsor (the “Promissory Note”), pursuant to which
the Company may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000,
of which $0
was outstanding under the Promissory Note as
of September 30, 2021. The Promissory Note is non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2021 or (ii) the date
on which the Company consummates its initial business combination. The Sponsor may elect to convert any portion or all of the amount
outstanding under this Promissory Note into Private Placement Warrants to purchase shares of common stock of the Company at a conversion
price of $0.50
per warrant, and each warrant will entitle the holder to acquire
one-half share of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $11.50
per share, commencing on the date of the initial
business combination of the Company, and otherwise on the terms of the Private Placement Warrants. No such conversions have yet occurred.
Administrative
Support Agreement
The Company entered into an
agreement to pay WinVest SPAC LLC a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, secretarial, and administrative support services provided
to the Company beginning in September 2021 and continuing monthly until the earlier of the completion of a Business Combination or the
Company’s liquidation.
NOTE
5 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Registration
Rights
The
holders of the Founder Shares are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed on the effective
date of the Initial Public Offering. The holders of the majority of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands that the
Company register such securities. The holders of the majority of the Founder Shares can elect to exercise these registration rights at
any time commencing three months prior to the date on which the Founder Shares are to be released from escrow. In addition, the holders
have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our consummation
of our initial business combination.
Underwriting
Agreement
The
Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of its prospectus to purchase up to 1,500,000 additional Units to cover
over-allotments, if any, at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. On September 23, 2021,
the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in full and purchased an additional 1,500,000 Units (the “Over-Allotment
Units”), generating gross proceeds of $15,000,000 on September 27, 2021.
The
underwriters received a cash underwriting discount of $0.20
per Unit, or $2,300,000
in the aggregate, and were paid offering expenses
of $100,000 upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering including the overallotment.
As
of September 30, 2021, the Company recorded deferred underwriting commissions
of $4,025,000 payable only upon completion of our business combination.
NOTE
6 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common
Stock
The
Company is authorized to issue an aggregate of 100,000,000 shares of common stock having a par value of $0.0001 per share.
In
March 2021, the Company issued 2,875,000 founder shares of common stock at a price of approximately $0.01 per share for total cash of
$25,000.
Rights
Each
Right may be traded separately. If the Company is unable to complete an initial business combination within the required time period
and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Rights will not receive any such funds for their Rights, and
the Rights will expire worthless.
Public
Warrants
Each
redeemable warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one half of one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per full share,
subject to adjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing on the later of the completion of an initial business combination and
12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering. No warrants will be exercisable for cash unless the Company has an
effective and current registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current
prospectus relating to such shares of common stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the shares of
common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective within 90 days from the consummation of our initial business combination,
warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we shall have failed
to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis. The warrants will expire five years from
the consummation of an initial Business Combination.
The
Company may call the outstanding warrants for redemption (excluding
the Private Placement Warrants and warrants underlying the units that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans), in whole
and not in part, at a price of $0.01 per warrant:
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and only if, the reported last sale price of the shares of common stock equals or exceeds $16.50 per share (as adjusted for stock
splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations), for any 20 trading days within a 30-day trading period ending on
the third business day prior to the notice of redemption to warrant holders (the “Force-Call Provision”), and
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and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the shares of common stock underlying such warrants
at the time of redemption and for the entire 30-day trading period referred to above and continuing each day thereafter until the
date of redemption.
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right to exercise will be forfeited unless the warrants are exercised prior to the date specified in the notice of redemption. On and
after the redemption date, a record holder of a warrant will have no further rights except to receive the redemption price for such holder’s
warrant upon surrender of such warrant.
The
redemption criteria for our warrants have been established at a price which is intended to provide warrant holders a reasonable premium
to the initial exercise price and provide a sufficient differential between the then-prevailing share price and the warrant exercise
price so that if the share price declines as a result of our redemption call, the redemption will not cause the share price to drop below
the exercise price of the warrants.
If the Company calls the
warrants for redemption as described above, management of the Company will have the option to require all holders that wish to
exercise warrants to do so on a “cashless basis.”
In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional
shares of Common Stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the initial Business
Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.50 per share of Common Stock (with such issue price or effective
issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such
issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for funding the initial business combination
(net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Common Stock during the 20 trading day period starting
on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates the initial business combination (such price, the “Market
Value”) is below $9.50 per share, the Warrant Price shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the Market Value,
and the last sales price of the Common Stock that triggers the Company’s right to redeem the Warrants pursuant to Section 6.1 below
shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 165% of the Market Value.
The
Private Placement Warrants, as well as any warrants underlying additional units the Company issues to the Sponsor, officers, directors,
initial stockholders or their affiliates in payment of Working Capital Loans made to the Company, will be identical to the warrants underlying
the Units being offered in the Initial Public Offering.
NOTE
7 – INCOME TAXES
The
Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740 – Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), which provides for an asset and liability
approach of accounting for income taxes. Under this approach, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized based on anticipated
future tax consequences, using currently enacted tax laws, attributed to temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets
and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts calculated for income tax purposes.
The
Company had no material deferred tax assets as of September 30, 2021.
The
Company recognizes deferred tax assets to the extent that it believes that these assets are more likely than not to be realized. In making
such a determination, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable
temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax-planning strategies, and results of recent operations. The Company assessed
the need for a valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets and determined a full valuation allowance is required because
it is more likely than not that all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets
is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible.
The
Company has evaluated its income tax positions and has determined that it does not have any uncertain tax positions. The Company will
recognize interest and penalties related to any uncertain tax positions through its income tax expense.
The
Company is subject to franchise tax filing requirements in the State of Delaware.
NOTE
8 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Management
evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date, up to the date that the unaudited financial
statements were issued. Based upon this review, management did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment
or disclosure in the unaudited financial statements.